Four ways the Government promised to fix housing since 2019 and what they’ve actually done
Lecturer in Law at King's College London, Chloe Sheppick, talks us through some of the Conservative Party's attempts at housing policy over the past five years - including ambitious reforms of the leasehold system and the private rented sector.
Chloe Sheppick is a qualified solicitor (now non-practising) who specialised in Commercial Real Estate. She moved into Higher Education ten years ago, and have since been awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Education.
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